WEBVTT MARIJUANA.CRYSTAL PRICE WITH H THE DRUGSGOT THERE.CRYSTAL: THE TEACHER WAS COUNTING THE EGGS WHEN SHE FOUNDA MARIJUANA CIGARETTE IN THE BASKET AND THAT'S WHEN THE INVESTIGATION STARTED.IT WAS A TYPICAL EASTER EGG HUNTAT PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOLS BUT THE TEACHER FOUND SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T EXPECT.>> I FOUND A MARIJUANA CIGARETTEIN ONE OF THE KID'S EASTER EGG BASKET. CRYSTAL: IT PROMPTED POLICE TO SEARCH THE HOME.>> ONE OF THE OFFICERS SAID HE DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE HOUSE.CRYSTAL: POLICE FOUND FOUR CONTAINERS O MARIJUANA ADULT PLANTS. THEY WERE BOOKED FROM CULTIVATING MARIJUANA TO NEGLIGENT.>> THEY'RE DOING THEM AROUND THEM AT THE HOUSE, N DRUGS ARE SAFE FOR KIDS ESPECIALLY NOT IN THEIR EASTER BASKET.>> THE CHILDREN WERE PLACED IN

10 arrested after teacher finds marijuana at bottom of Easter basket

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Updated: 1:57 PM EDT Apr 25, 2017

SHAWNEE, Okla. —

An Oklahoma school district was holding a typical Easter egg hunt when a teacher found a marijuana cigarette at the bottom of a basket.

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"They found a marijuana cigarette in one of the kid's Easter egg baskets," said Cpl. Vivian Lozano, with the Shawnee Police Department.

Police said the Pleasant Grove Public Schools student's aunt dropped off the basket, which prompted officers to search a home, where they found 10 adults and six children inside.

"One of our officers said that he detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from the house," Lozano said.

Police said they found smoking pipes, grinders and four containers of marijuana plants inside the home. The 10 adults were arrested on several complaints, including cultivating marijuana and child neglect.

"The kids don't need to be around it, and if (the adults are) doing it around them at the house," Lozano said. "No drug is safe for kids, especially not in their Easter basket."

The children were released to the care of the Department of Human Services.